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- Aizpurua, Javier, et al.
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Light scattering in gold nanorings
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Ingår i: Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy & Radiative Transfer. ; 89, s. 11-16
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- Andersson, Ann-Sofie, et al.
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Cell adhesion on supported lipid bilayers
- 2003
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Ingår i: Journal of biomedical materials research. Part A. - : Wiley. - 1549-3296 .- 1552-4965. ; 64:4, s. 622-9
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The cell and protein repellent properties of supported phospholipid bilayer (SPB) membranes were investigated. The SPBs were prepared by vesicle adsorption on SiO(2) surfaces. The vesicles of phosphatidylcholine fuse and rupture, and form a supported bilayer covering the surface. We carried out cell culture experiments on several surfaces, including SPBs, using two types of epithelial cells to address the cell adhesional properties. The Quartz Crystal Microbalance Dissipation (QCM-D) technique was used to monitor the SPB formation and subsequent protein adsorption. Neither cell type adhered or proliferated on SiO(2) surfaces coated with SPBs, whereas both cell types adhered and proliferated on the three control surfaces of SiO(2), tissue culture glass, and TiO(2). The QCM-D measurements showed that about two orders of magnitude less mass adsorbed on a SPB surface compared to a TiO(2) surface, from serum-containing media (10% fetal bovine serum). The reduced adsorption on the SPB is a likely explanation for the nondetectable epithelial cell adhesion on the SPB surface. Biomembranes are therefore attractive candidate systems to achieve alternating cell-resistant and cell-interacting regions on surfaces, by including specific cell-binding proteins in the latter regions.
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- Andersson, Ann-Sofie, et al.
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The effects of continuous and discontinuous groove edges on cell shape and alignment.
- 2003
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Ingår i: Experimental cell research. - 0014-4827. ; 288:1, s. 177-88
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Nanofabricated model surfaces and digital image analysis of cell shape were used to address the importance of a continuous sharp edge in the alignment of cells to shallow surface grooves. The grooved model surfaces had either continuous or discontinuous edges of various depths (40-400 nm) but identical surface chemistry and groove/ridge dimensions (15 microm wide). Epithelial cells were cultured on the model surfaces for 10 and 24 h. Fluorescence microscopy combined with image analysis were used to quantify cell area and alignment and to make cell shape classifications of individual cells. The degrees of alignment of cells and the percentages of elongated cell classes increased with groove depth on samples with continuous grooves. Two main differences, with regard to cell response, were observed between the continuous and discontinuous grooved surfaces. First, significantly fewer cells aligned to surface grooves with discontinuous edges than to grooves with continuous edges. Second, there were lower percentages of the elongated cell classes on discontinuous grooves than on continuous ones. We concluded that grooved surfaces with continuous edges are more potent in aligning and inducing elongated cells. The results from the present study suggest that a mechanism of alignment involving orientation along a continuous edge is likely.
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- Denis, F. A., et al.
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Protein adsorption on model surfaces with controlled nanotopography and chemistry
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Ingår i: Langmuir. - : American Chemical Society (ACS). - 1520-5827 .- 0743-7463. ; 18:3, s. 819-828
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- To evaluate the influence of substratum surface characteristics on protein adsorption processes, we have investigated the adsorption (adsorbed amount, supramolecular organization) of collagen on model substrata exhibiting controlled topography and surface chemistry. Substrata were prepared in two steps: (i) gold deposition onto silicon wafers (smooth substrata) and onto a support with nanoscale protrusions created by colloidal lithography (rough substrata); (ii) functionalization with CH3 (hydrophobic) and OH (hydrophilic) groups, using alkanethiol self-assembly. Atomic force microscopy (AFM) images were recorded under water, prior to and after collagen adsorption, and the images were analyzed quantitatively using two independent approaches. On smooth substrata, collagen formed a similar to6 nm thick, homogeneous layer with low roughness on hydrophilic surfaces, and a similar to20 nm thick layer exhibiting elongated aggregated structures on hydrophobic surfaces. Film thickness measurements (AFM) together with X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) revealed larger adsorbed amounts on hydrophobic surfaces compared to hydrophilic ones. On rough substrata, the adsorbed amounts were similar to those found on smooth substrata; however, the collagen molecules no longer formed aggregated structures on the hydrophobic surfaces. It is concluded that while the adsorbed amount is only affected by the surface chemistry, the supramolecular organization of the adsorbed layer is controlled both by surface chemistry and topography. The approach presented here will have great value in biophysics for investigating bioadsorption and bioadhesion processes on substrata of defined surface properties.
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